Improvement in vibrating churns



S. MELLON. Vibratingflhurn.

No. 208,751. Patented Oct. 8,1878.

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N-PETERS. PHOTO-UTMOGRAPHER, WASHINGTON. a CV UNITED STATES PATENTOFFICE.

SAMUEL MELLON, OF CAMERON, EST VIRGINIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN VIBRATING CHURNS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 208,751, dated October8, 1878; application filed August 22, 1878.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL MELLON, of Cameron, in the county of Marshalland State of WVest Virginia, have invented a new and Improved Churn, ofwhich the following is a specification The object of my invention is tofurnish a mechanism by which a churn may be easily operated, and toconstruct the operative parts in such a manner that they may be readilyattached to and taken off the churn.

The invention will first be described in connection with the drawings,and then pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is an elevation of my improvedchurn and its operating mechanism, the churn-body being in section. Fig.2 is a sectional plan of the churn at the line as .r.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

a is the churn-body. b is the vertical dasher-rod, having dashers 0connected to the same within the body a. The upper end of rod 1) isprovided with a hub, d, that is connected to b by a pin, 8, passingthrough a hole in hub d and rod b. c is a spiral groove cut in thesurface of hub d. The rod is supported in an upright rectangular frame,f, which rests upon the top of the churn-body a, and is provided withhinged lids g g, that form the cover of the churn. The hub (l rests uponthe bottom bar of frame f, so that the rod and dasher are held upthereby, and the upper end of rod b is journaled in the top bar of framef. h is a horizontal lever, hung by a pin, 7;, at one end of frame an (1having its moving end formed as a handle, k, which handle passes througha slot, l, in the side of frame f. The lever h is formed wide adjacentto the hub d, and is provided with a hole, on, through which the hub (1passes. This hole m is somewhat larger than (I. n is a lug or projectionfrom the lever h, entering the spiral groove 6 of the hub.

The frame f is held in position by rods 0 at opposite sides ofchurn-body a, which rods are formed at one end as hooks that connectwith staples p in the platform g, on which the churn rests, and theupper ends of rods 0 pass through the bottom bar of frame f, and have ascrew-thread cut upon them for the thumbscrews 1'. The platform q may bea floor or a separate platform.

To operate the churn, the handle k is reciprocated up and down in theslot Z, and the motion thus imparted to lever h will, by the action oflug n in the groove 0, cause an intermittent revolution of the rod 1)first in one direction and then the other.

The frame f, rod 0, and other parts may readily be removed from thechurn-body a by taking off the thumb-screws 1". It is evident that thisconstruction permits the frame and dasher to be applied to any desiredchurnbody. The churn-body does not have to be made especially for theoperating mechanism, and, as no step is required at the lower end of rodb b, an earthernware vessel may be used.

If desired, a fan may be secured in the upper end of rod (Z.

By removing the pin 8 the frame f and hub d may be removed and thedasher remain in the churn.

Having thus described myinvention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patcut- The lids g, hinged to the frame j, that supports thedasher-rod b and its operating-lever, substantially as described.

SAMUEL MELLON.

X'Vitnesses:

F. M. REYNOLDS, ISAAC N. UoLLINs.

